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I’m currently reading The Con Man, an 87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain. It might seem out of character for a delicate creature such as myself, but I like police procedurals and hard-boiled detective stories.
I came across this passage in which Detective Carella’s wife, Teddy, unbuttons her blouse to make a point.
Carella grinned. “Besides, I think you just wanted an excuse to bare your bosom.”
Teddy shrugged again, impishly.
“Not that it isn’t a lovely bosom.”
Teddy’s eyebrows wagged seductively. She curved her hands through the air and moistened her lips.
“Of course, ” Carella said, “I’ve seen better.”
Oh? Teddy’s face asked, suddenly coldly aloof.
“There was this girl in burlesque,” Carella expanded. “She could set them going in opposite directions, one swinging to the right, the other to the left. Had a little light on each on. They’d turn out all the houselights, and you’d just see these two circles of light in the darkness. Fantastic!” He grinned at his wife. “Now, that’s what I call talent.”
It seem like I find burlesque, even in unlikely places!
What are you reading, other than my blog?
Oh, The Glamourous Life! 
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